2026 F. Dean Toste: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	151	132	116	68	54	453	60607

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

F. Dean Toste is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics including:

Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
Click Chemistry and Applications
Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Toste's contributions are published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

Journal of the American Chemical Society
The Cambridge Structural Database
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
Chem

Selected recent papers by F. Dean Toste feature work published between 2020 and 2021. These include:

Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity, 2020, Nature Catalysis
Homogeneous Gold Redox Chemistry: Organometallics, Catalysis, and Beyond, 2020, Trends in Chemistry
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O-H bond insertion, 2021, Nature Catalysis
Data Science Meets Physical Organic Chemistry, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
Catalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions in Tandem to Construct Two-Axis Terphenyl Atropisomers, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in F. Dean Toste's research include Kenneth N. Raymond, Robert G. Bergman, Matthew S. Sigman, Christopher J. Chang, and Elad Gross.

F. Dean Toste has been recognized by membership and fellowship in notable scientific organizations. They became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

Ligand effects in homogeneous Au catalysis.

David J. Gorin;Benjamin D. Sherry;F. Dean Toste

2190
Citations
Relativistic effects in homogeneous gold catalysis

David J. Gorin;F. Dean Toste

2083
Citations
Advances in catalytic enantioselective fluorination, mono-, di-, and trifluoromethylation, and trifluoromethylthiolation reactions.

Xiaoyu Yang;Tao Wu;Robert J. Phipps;F. Dean Toste

1354
Citations
Supramolecular Catalysis in Metal–Ligand Cluster Hosts

Casey J. Brown;F. Dean Toste;Robert G. Bergman;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond;Kenneth N. Raymond

1174
Citations
A powerful chiral counterion strategy for asymmetric transition metal catalysis.

Gregory L. Hamilton;Eun Joo Kang;Miriam;F. Dean Toste

987
Citations
Exploiting non-covalent π interactions for catalyst design

Andrew J. Neel;Andrew J. Neel;Andrew J. Neel;Margaret J. Hilton;Matthew S. Sigman;F. Dean Toste;F. Dean Toste

788
Citations
The progression of chiral anions from concepts to applications in asymmetric catalysis

Robert J. Phipps;Gregory L. Hamilton;F. Dean Toste

763
Citations
Modern Approaches for Asymmetric Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Synthetic Challenges and Pharmaceutical Needs

Yi Zhu;Jianlin Han;Jiandong Wang;Norio Shibata

617
Citations
Asymmetric electrophilic fluorination using an anionic chiral phase-transfer catalyst

Vivek Rauniyar;Aaron D. Lackner;Gregory L. Hamilton;F. Dean Toste

611
Citations
Recent advances in enantioselective gold catalysis

Weiwei Zi;F. Dean Toste

607
Citations
Gold(I)-catalyzed stereoselective olefin cyclopropanation.

Magnus J. Johansson;David J. Gorin;Steven T. Staben;F. Dean Toste

593
Citations
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Acetylenic Schmidt Reaction

David J. Gorin;Nicole R. Davis;F. Dean Toste

582
Citations
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Conia-Ene Reaction of β-Ketoesters with Alkynes

Joshua J. Kennedy-Smith;Steven T. Staben;F. Dean Toste

535
Citations
Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination of allenes.

Rebecca L. LaLonde;Benjamin D. Sherry;Eun Joo Kang;F. Dean Toste

516
Citations
A bonding model for gold(I) carbene complexes.

Diego Benitez;Nathan D. Shapiro;Ekaterina Tkatchouk;Yiming Wang

512
Citations
Development of Catalysts and Ligands for Enantioselective Gold Catalysis

Yi-Ming Wang;Aaron D. Lackner;F. Dean Toste

510
Citations
Redox-based reagents for chemoselective methionine bioconjugation

Shixian Lin;Xiaoyu Yang;Xiaoyu Yang;Shang Jia;Amy M. Weeks

506
Citations
Synthesis of 2-cyclopentenones by gold(I)-catalyzed Rautenstrauch rearrangement.

Xiaodong Shi;David J. Gorin;F. Dean Toste

470
Citations
A supramolecular microenvironment strategy for transition metal catalysis

David M. Kaphan;David M. Kaphan;Mark D. Levin;Robert G. Bergman;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond;Kenneth N. Raymond

462
Citations
Non-Oxidative Vanadium-Catalyzed CO Bond Cleavage: Application to Degradation of Lignin Model Compounds

Sunghee Son;F. Dean Toste

453
Citations
A supramolecular approach to combining enzymatic and transition metal catalysis

Z. Jane Wang;Kristen N. Clary;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond

449
Citations
Dual visible light photoredox and gold-catalyzed arylative ring expansion.

Xing-zhong Shu;Xing-zhong Shu;Miao Zhang;Ying He;Ying He;Ying He;Heinz Frei

446
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley

Barry M. Trost Stanford University

Kenneth N. Raymond Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah

Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley

Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley

Christopher J. Chang Princeton University

Harvey W. Blanch University of California, Berkeley

William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology

Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology

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